Synopses & Reviews
The contributors to this volume analyze the impetus, nature and impact of state devolution in the United States. While debates over such changes typically centre on economic, political, and social change, the contributors shift the debate to an examination of the complex geographical implications of devolution.
In a society territorially fragmented and diverse as exists in the US, changes in the form and function of government are experienced differently in different parts of the country. This volume details the outcomes of restructuring and explores how the redistribution of resources and responsibilities affects the lives of all Americans.
Table of Contents
State restructuring, political opportunism, and capital mobility / Robert W. Lake -- Economic globalization and income inequality in the United States / John O'Loughlin -- Globalization and social restructuring of the American population : geographies of exclusion and vulnerability / Janet E. Kodras -- Citizenship and the search for community / Lynn A. Staeheli -- Restructuring the state : devolution, privatization, and the geographic redistribution of power and capacity in governance / Janet E. Kodras -- How federal cutbacks affect the charitable sector / Julian Wolpert -- State restructuring and the importance of "Rights-Talk" / Don Mitchell --